Steven Gerrard’s Ibrox club Glasgow Rangers drew with Villarreal, with Scott Arfield and Kyle Lafferty scoring for the Gers.
Rangers manager Steven Gerrard gives instructions to Scott Arfield
Ibrox club Rangers played out a 2-2 draw with Villarreal away from home at El Madrigal in the Europa League on Thursday evening.
The Gers had to come twice from behind to pick up a point from the encounter in Spain.
Rangers duo Scott Arfield and Kyle Lafferty scored the goals for Rangers in the second half of the Europa League match.
Rangers manager Gerrard has admitted that he was concerned at half time, and the Liverpool legend has also revealed what he told his players at the break.
Gerrard told The Daily Record: “The message at half-time was to show more belief and have more courage in our play by making passes.
“We knew coming into this game we could cause Villareal problems in the final third but we never showed it until the second half.
“I was concerned at half-time we were going to have regrets after the game. When we won the ball back we never kept it well enough. We never had enough belief when we were getting into really good areas.
“We didn’t really believe we could cause the opposition problems, but from half-time we did and we could have scored a few more goals. We deserved a point.”
Stats
Over the course of the 90 minutes at El Madrigal on Thursday evening, hosts Villarreal had 59% of the possession, took 19 shots of which four were on target, and earned nine corners, according to BBC Sport.
Visitors Rangers had 41% of the possession, took five shots of which three were on target, and earned seven corners, according to BBC Sport.
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